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煞
shà
1. fiend
2. baleful
3. to bring to a stop
4. very
Common • Top 6% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

煞
shā
demon, fiend; baleful, noxious
13 丶

Compound Words (20)

折煞
zhéshā
variant of [[折殺|折杀<zhéshā>]]
煞神
shàshén
demon
煞笔
shābǐ
to stop one's pen
抹煞
mǒshā
variant of [[抹殺|抹杀<mǒshā>]]
煞账
shāzhàng
to settle an account
煞车
shāchē
to brake (when driving)
煞气
shāqì
a leak
煞白
shàbái
deathly white
煞住
shāzhù
to brake
煞尾
shāwěi
to finish off
煞是
shàshì
extremely
凶煞
xiōngshà
demon
恶煞
èshà
demon
煞风景
shāfēngjǐng
to damage beautiful scenery
煞性子
shāxìngzi
to vent anger
煞有介事
shàyǒujièshì
to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom)
凶神恶煞
xiōngshénèshà
fiends (idiom); devils and monsters
大煞风景
dàshāfēngjǐng
see [[大殺風景|大杀风景<dàshāfēngjǐng>]]
一笔抹煞
yībǐmǒshā
variant of [[一筆抹殺|一笔抹杀<yībǐmǒshā>]]
煞有其事
shàyǒuqíshì
see [[煞有介事<shàyǒujièshì>]]

Alternate Entries

煞
shā
to terminate / to cut short / to squeeze / to tighten / to reduce / extremely

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,279
Word Frequency Rank
5,138 of 84,292